Fountain lettering-pen.



No. 758,381. PATENTED APR.-26, 1904.

' 0. PAYZANT.

FOUNTAIN LETTERING PEN.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES 1 INVENTOR SPE c-n "msm emu.

Patented Apri1 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

OCTAVE PAYZANT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOUNTAIN LETTERING-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 758,381, dated April26, 1904.

Application filed September 14, 1903. Serial No. 173,131. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OCTAVE PAYZANT, a citizen of the United States,residing in New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FountainLettering-Pens, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in lettering or marking pens, andis intended principally for drafting use. It is designed to hold a largevolume of ink and to make wide lines of uniform width in any direction.

It consists of two principal parts constructed of brassor other suitablemetal. The first part is the pen proper, which has heavy rigid nibs witha beveled circular marking-point. The second part is theink-holdingdevice, constructed of sheet metal suitably shaped and attached to theunder side of the first part.

In the accompanying drawings, which are enlarged for clearerillustration, Figure 1 shows atop view of my pen. Figs. 2 and 3 showside views. Fig. A shows a bottom view.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The pen-body is indicated by A, and the inkholder by B.

a is a thumb-screw whichclamps the lower end of the'ink-holder B to thepen-body A.

d is the hinge connecting the ink-holder B to the pen-body A. y

e is the flat beveled circular marking-surface.

f is a transverse slotacross the bottom side of the pen-body A, intowhich the lower edge of the ink-holder B fitsto prevent leakage.

The pen-body A is formed from a straight piece of metal rectangular insection. It has a large central opening tapering into a fine slitbetween the nibs. Each nib ends in a semicircular point, giying the pena circular marking-surface, thus producing lines of a width equal to thediameter of the markingpoint in whatever direction in which the pen ismoved. The marking-surface is beveled to an angle of forty-five degreesin order to lie flat on the surface of the paper when the pen is held inthe ordinary position for writing. The nibs are practically rigid, sothat unequal pressure will not produce any inequality in the width oflines drawn.

' The sides of the ink-holder B fit closely to the edges of the pen-bodyA, and at the lower end of B both sides rise sufficiently high above thepen-body to allow the thumb-screw c to be fitted.

In practice the ink is deposited in the space between A and B by adropper. The flow of ink between the nibs is regulated by turning thethumb-screw 0 until the proper adj ustment is found. To facilitatethorough cleaning after use, the thumb-screw 0 can beremoved and theink-holder opened on the hinge d, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

I am aware that pens have been made heretofore with rigid nibs and withbeveled marking-surfaces, also that ink-holding devices are common. I donot claim such broadly.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let- V ters Patent, is'

1. A pen with nibs which are each semicircular in shape on itstransverse section at the point, the said nibs terminating in amarkingsurface which is a circular plane- 2. A pen with rigid nibs whichterminate in a circular plane marking-surface, said circular planemarking-surface being beveled to an angle of forty-five degrees with thelongitudinal axis of the pen.

3. The combination in a fountain lettering-v pen, of a pen-body withrigid nibs ending in a flat, beveled, circular marking-surface and anink-holding device of sheet metal, fitted to ,the under side of thepen-body, with two fiat opposing sides and flat bottom, the sides fittedover and close to the exterior edges of the pen-body and hinged at theirupper ends on pinions extending outwardly from the said pen-body andwith their lower ends extending above the top of the pen-body andconnected across and over the top of the penbody by a set-screw and withthe lower edge of the bottom part fitted closely into intransverse notchin the said pen-body; all in combination and for the purposes herein.set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two sub- OCTAVE PAYZANT.

scribing witnesses.

